I've noticed a couple things/problems that seem to have popped up in X11. When I enter the command printenv DISPLAY, I should get a response from the terminal. Instead, I get nothing but a new prompt. That shouldn't happen. The response should be something like 0,1 , or some such. Also, when I enter the command diskutil repairPermissions/ , I get what appears to be a canned response/ explanation of the command and what it is/does, but the command itself does not run. There may be other issues, but these are 2 that I've noticed.
I recently ran fink selfupdate, and then fink update-all. many hours later, upon it's completion, I seemed to have a # of problems, but they largely resolved themselves after some fooling around (which I shouldn't indulge in, I don't really know what I'm doing), except for these two. Can anyone help me or explain what's going on? thanks

Originally posted by homeshire Also, when I enter the command diskutil repairPermissions/ , I get what appears to be a canned response/ explanation of the command and what it is/does, but the command itself does not run. ...

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That's because you're typing it incorrectly. Diskutil giving you usage information -- i.e. information about the parameters it expects. Make sure you type the command exactly as shown, spaces and all:

I thought I knew that and was typing it correctly, as you point out, despite how I had it in my post. However, I must have been mistaken because I did indeed get it to work properly, and it can only be because I finally entered the command correctly. thanks

encro --

regrettably, I am not clever enough to figure out how to execute your advice. thanks

This is an exaggeration. *Some* commands, like vi, less, man, return the screen to the state it was in before you ran the command (which is not the same as clearing it). And it's a function of the terminal emulation you are using, not the "new shell".

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